Spicy Asian Cucumber and Tomato Salad with Cilantro
I was serving some Asian tacos for dinner and wanted a fresh and healthy side dish with a kick. Luckily, I found a recipe on Food and Wine that I could adapt a bit to suit our tastes. This salad was flavorful, crunchy, sweet, and spicy and we all loved it. My son thought it was spicy but ate every bite and I loved the crisp cucumbers with a kick and felt it paired nicely with the tacos. My daughter and husband loved this salad and fought over the last of it.
How to Make a Spicy Asian Cucumber and Tomato Salad with Cilantro
Combine the vinegar, sugar, sesame oil, garlic, ginger, sea salt, and freshly cracked pepper together in a bowl. Whisk well. Add the cucumber, grape tomato slices, cilantro, and serrano chile slices into the bowl. Gently toss to coat evenly.
Let the salad sit for 10 minutes to allow flavors to mingle tossing every once in a while. Enjoy.
Ingredients
- Vinaigrette:
- 4 tbsp sweetened rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp white sugar
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 clove garlic minced
- ¼ tsp ginger minced
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- Salad:
- 1 long English cucumbers sliced thinly
- 4-5 grape tomatoes sliced thinly
- ¼ cup cilantro leaves
- 1 serrano chile sliced thinly
Instructions
- Combine the vinegar, sugar, sesame oil, garlic, ginger, sea salt, and freshly cracked pepper together in a bowl. Whisk well. Add the cucumber, grape tomato slices, cilantro, and serrano chile slices into the bowl. Gently toss to coat evenly.
- Let the salad sit for 10 minutes to allow flavors to mingle tossing every once in a while. Enjoy.
Looks good! I am a wimp with spicey, so I would have to make it a little less.
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What a refreshing salad!
I love cucumber salads, especially with tomatoes!
This is perfect for a spicy meal accompaniment—-definitely refreshing.
This looks fantastic Pam. I wouldn’t even need the tacos to go with it. I love super fresh tasting healthy salads like this, yum!
I like this, a lot. We often make a cuke and tomato salad for dinner in the summer, but don’t often use Asian flavors in it. We should — this is so nice. Thanks.
My kind of every day salad, Pam..fresh and very appetizing!
Very refreshing cucumber salad and I can use some of my jalapenos. You have me intrigued though – what are Asian tacos?
My MIL has a huge garden, and it’s bursting with cucumbers and Sweet 100 and yellow pear tomatoes (as well as yellow squash, zucchini, and peppers). This will be a delicious recipe and I’m sure it’s amazing with the Asian tacos!
this is a particularly delightful cucumber salad!
I love that you added a spicy kick to this salad. Pinning this one – thanks!
I don’t even really like cucumbers, but I seem to be OBSESSED with marinated cucumber salads lately! Can’t wait to try this.
yum! loving the sound of this combination, i’m obsessed with cilantro so i love discovering recipes that use it! thanks for sharing!
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